Originally Posted by
AviatorDave
And if the so treated engine decides to go really bust after a while (after all, there was some damage to the engine in the first place), you may end up in a much worse situation than if you had shut it down right away.
There is quite a bit of historical experience to argue against this. Nobody is telling you what to do other than your operating manuals. But given that there is no nacelle fire warning bells I would advise you to take your time about turning off the the fuel to an engine. Sure pull it back to idle and then monitor the gages if you want. There are lots of in-service test points that say the worst you can do is melt the turbine blades and scrap out a compressor with no significant threat to continued safe flight.on the remaining engines